Global connected aircraft market is on an upward trend thanks to soaring demand of in-flight internet by air passengers. From one route one passenger, today the sector supports 50,000 routes and carries more than 3 billion passengers globally. By 2030, it is estimated that the passenger aircraft fleet size will be almost double than the present size.

“The Global Connected Aircraft market is estimated to reach $ 6.81 billion by 2020.The market is supported by the growth in number of global air passengers and growing demand for inflight connectivity services such as inflight Wi-Fi especially from the business class and millennials,” states Infoholic Research.

The connected aircraft market is also supporting the growth of the related market such as of software development, content developers, game developers, gaming device manufacturers, e-magazines, hospitality and retail sectors.

“The global connected aircraft market is presently leading in the developed economies such as North America and Europe. It is expected that by 2020, Asia Pacific excluding Japan will be one of the biggest connected aircraft market due to the growing demand and growing number of air passengers,” opined Tariq Shaik, Research Operations.